THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (A). EXAMINE EACH OF THESE WORDS FORMEANING,...

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The correct answer is (A).

Examine each of these words for

meaning, connotation, and nuance. Choice (B), unhappy, and

choice (C), troubled, are a little bit true, but not intense enough

to describe the speaker’s emotional state. Distressed, choice (D),

is also a little too mild an adjective for this poem. Undoubtedly

the oppressed people are very angry, but that emotion is not

expressed in this poem, ruling out choice (E). Only choice (A),

anguished, most truly expresses the intensity and the depth of

the pain felt by the speaker.